Comments from Hugh Stevens of the UMaine School of Economics’ Knowledge Transfer Alliance are included in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about the purchase of Monson-based Moosehead Manufacturing Company by a Portland woman. Louise Jonaitis purchased the property at an auction and says she plans to start manufacturing furniture again within a few months. […]
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WLBZ broadcast a Tuesday report about egg testing procedures conducted at UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Animal Health Lab, under the direction of veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner. The lab features capabilities to conduct several levels of testing as mandated by state and federal regulations.
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An extensive online report in the Chautauquan Daily, the official newspaper of the Chautauqua Institution, describes a Tuesday presentation by Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher, speaking as part of the institution’s “Powering the Future” lecture series, described the potential for deep offshore wind power and talked about the […]
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Tim Garrity, a UMaine graduate student studying Maine history, has been named executive director of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Garrity, who lives in Somesville, served as president and CEO of Blue Hill Memorial Hospital from 2002-2008.
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Comments from Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty are included in a Tuesday Bangor Daily News report on the impact of this summer’s weather on Maine’s insect populations. Dill says that the number of pests — especially mosquitoes — has been reduced this summer because of the dry and warm weather conditions
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Bill Livingston of the UMaine School of Forest Resources faculty was quoted extensively in a Tuesday Bangor Daily News story about the health of Maine trees considering the summer’s dry, warm weather. Livingston points out that warmer winters also threaten trees, because those conditions are easier on insect populations.
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The UMaine Cooperative Extension in Lisbon Falls was awarded $1,900 from the Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. The contribution will be used to help fund the Extension’s 4-H Program.
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ScienceNews reports on a study by UMaine’s Nilmini Gedivinne, who found that some of the leaves of some evergreen trees have a starter material for the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. The finding was reported Aug. 26 at the American Chemical Society’s fall meeting.
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Contact: Anne Lichtenwalner, 581-2789 ORONO – Consumers can do their part in protecting themselves from potentially contaminated poultry products, including eggs, by using common sense and sanitary food preparation practices. There also is a lot that can be done by Maine’s thousands of chicken owners. Large commercial henhouses, family farms or even small backyard chicken […]
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Comments from Mary Ellin Logue of the UMaine education faculty are included in a story posted on the MSNBC Web site, looking at issues related to aggressive play among boys and the ways in which teachers respond to it.
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